Troubled times: Start practicing spiritual practice by taking care of your sister-in-law

Chapter 168 King Qin’s army goes to war
As soon as Li Yunzhang said this, everyone was shocked. Since Li Yunzhang occupied Wutai County for many days, he naturally knew Geng Songfu from the people's mouths. He was a rare and good official.

During the period when Geng Songfu governed Wutai County, the people's lives were the best.

Otherwise, when the Tianshi thieves came in that day, the people would not have helped Geng Songfu escape.

The local people still trust Geng Songfu quite a bit.

Many people on Li Yunzhang's side were already moved.

Not all of these people were deserters from the Qingzhou Army. Some of them were recruited from the local area by Li Yunzhang, promising to protect the safety of the people of Wutai County in the future.

Hu Qiang also walked out of the battle circle and approached Li Yunzhang.

The tokens he held were the personal seal given to him by Geng Songfu and the official seal of the magistrate of Wutai County.

It is very difficult to fake these two things.

Li Yunzhang remained vigilant and asked Hu Qiang to stop at the same location as Wei Qing. He then sent his subordinates to bring the token and called people who knew Geng Songfu to inspect it.

When Geng Songfu issued announcements, he often stamped them with his official seal, so he only had to find the previous announcements, go to the side with the token given by Hu Qiang, and stamp another seal to compare.

"Which of you is willing to follow me into the city for inspection? Don't worry, no matter whether it is true or false, I will not kill you, but if it is false, please leave here immediately." Li Yunzhang said.

Seeing that the other party was on full alert, Wei Qing and Hu Qiang looked at each other, smiled helplessly, and then Hu Qiang said: "I'll go with you."

"Okay, you're brave." Li Yunzhang praised him with admiration. It was indeed courageous to dare to go deep into an unknown place alone.

This is a good test.

In less than an hour, Li Yunzhang confirmed that the token was indeed Geng Songfu's.

The local people immediately asked Geng Songfu about his current situation.

Hu Qiang said: "Master Geng is highly regarded by our county magistrate and is now the county magistrate of Pingting County."

After finishing speaking, Hu Qiang recounted the history again, and then said: "If you believe Mr. Geng, you can come back to Pingting County with us this time. The county magistrate and the county magistrate will arrange for you properly."

The county magistrate told him that since some people in Wutai County can tame Gaopu wild horses, it means that they are horse trainers of different abilities, as well as horse breeders.

This is a talented person. If he is brought to Pingting County, he can train the courage of the horses and teach the local people how to raise horses.

"Is this what Mr. Geng meant?" Compared to Hu Qiang, the local people obviously believed Geng Songfu more.

Hu Qiang nodded.

Many local people are already tempted. Although they do not fully believe what Hu Qiang said, given the current situation, it is difficult to survive in Wutai County, and they are willing to give it a try.

In the end, Hu Qiang and his party stayed in Wutai County for a week, followed the local people, and captured twenty Gaopu mustangs. Finally, they took twenty Gaopu mustangs, thirty tamed Gaopu mustangs, and returned There are 270 Wutai young horses starting their return journey.

Originally, there were far more than these horses in Wutai County. At its peak, every household had a tame Gaopu wild horse and two to three Wutai horses.

However, some were robbed by the Tianshi thieves, and some were slaughtered and eaten recently. In addition, some people were unwilling to sell them, so Hu Qiang could only take these away.

That's right, Hu Qiang bought the Wutai horse with money, three taels of silver per head.

But the local people don't have much use for money. What they need is food.

The reason why more than 200 pigs can still be purchased is because these people who are willing to sell also followed Hu Qiang back to Pingting County this time.

Well, not all the local people are willing to follow Hu Qiang back to Pingting County, and some are still waiting to see.

Li Yunzhang did not follow Hu Qiang back, but sent a dozen of his most trusted men to follow Hu Qiang back.

Similarly, he is also waiting to see if these dozen men return to Pingting County and find that it is indeed what Hu Qiang said.

Then next time, he will consider bringing the remaining people over.

……

But before Hu Qiang and the others returned.

Outside Pingting County, vigorous harvest work began.

The entire Pingting County has 35 acres of cultivated land. (This number refers to Tongcheng County in the Qing Dynasty, which had a total of 40 acres of cultivated land, which has been reduced here.)
In the Song Dynasty, one acre of fertile land could produce about three hundred to four hundred kilograms of grain.

Before Chen Mo allocated land to the common people, the three noble families of Wang, Li, and Yi occupied a total of 20 acres of cultivated land, and land annexation was serious.

Of course, only half of the 35 acres of land was cultivated this time.

One is that some of the fields are deserted, and the other is that before Chen Mo occupied Pingting County, the rice seeds left in the hands of the people outside the city were not enough to plant so many acres of land.

After the grain was harvested, Chen Mo used money to buy some from the people to fill the newly built granary.

When Chen Mo initially established the team, he promised to waive taxes for one year and start drawing three out of ten the following year.

People cannot stand without faith.

Chen Mo couldn't slap himself in the face.
Of course, the acquisition price must be far lower than the market price.

The backyard of the county government.

[The number of arrows shot +1, the experience of chasing cloud arrows +1. 】

[Name: Chen Mo. 】

【Age: 17. 】

[Skill: Ziyang Huayuan Gong (Proficiency 2065.6/10000). 】

[Realm: Accepting Qi (Fifth Grade). 】【Power: 712+56. 】

[Skills: Big Sun Strike (Elementary 536980/5000000), Cloud Chasing Arrow (Intermediate 13650/50000). 】

Practicing archery is much more tiring than practicing swordsmanship. Chen Mo's daily training intensity is maintained at about 4 to 5 arrows.

He originally wanted to practice some more close martial arts, such as palm skills and boxing skills.

But think about it, forget it.

He really can't do that much.

In order to practice archery, he now stopped all his sword skills.

If you practice more close-quarters martial arts, your archery skills will have to stop.

Because if you want to reach the power of sword skills and arrow skills in close-quarters martial arts, you must break through the ranks, which requires enough time to practice.

If you have this time, you might as well do the liver knife technique and the arrow technique.

Of course, Chen Mo still lacks a martial arts skill in terms of speed, which is the so-called Qing Gong.

But in the huge Pingting County, there is no such type of martial arts.

"Husband, wipe your sweat."

Seeing that her husband had stopped practicing, the little deer girl sitting beside him immediately came over and took out a handkerchief to wipe the sweat from Chen Mo's face.

"Xiaolu, when you have free time, you can do your own things. You don't have to hang around me all the time." Chen Mo said.

These days, except for going to the toilet, Yi Shiyan never left his sight.

Yi Shiyan paused and said in a trembling voice: "Does your husband dislike me?"

"That was not what I meant."

Chen Mo didn't hate Yi Shiyan clinging to him, but he felt like she had lost herself. He grabbed Yi Shiyan's hand, thought about it, and said, "Xiaolu, is there anything you want to do?"

Hearing this, Yi Shiyan thought for a while and then shook his head.

Ever since she was born, she didn’t need to do almost anything by herself. Her father loved her very much, so he didn’t have any requirements for her. She could practice whenever she wanted, play when she wanted, and sleep when she was tired.

She doesn't need to worry about food, clothing, housing and transportation.

And without worry, there is no goal.

Now after getting married, the only goal is to serve her husband well.

Therefore, if she does not revolve around her husband, she has no idea what she is going to do.

Seeing this, Chen Mo was silent for a moment, thought about it, and said, "Xiaolu, can I teach you something?"

"Okay, husband, tell me quickly. I will definitely share your worries with you." Yi Shiyan seemed very happy to hear that she could help her husband, because she had always felt that she could not help him before.

"Help me raise a tail-eye spirit fish, wait until it lays eggs, and then raise these small fishes, okay?" Chen Mo said.

Hearing this, Yi Shiyan's eyes flickered, she patted her not-so-full breasts and said, "Wrap it around my body."

She is very good at raising fish.

Yi Shiyan was very capable of action. After Chen Mo finished explaining, he immediately returned to the village and put the 30-pound tail-eye spirit fish in the pond in the Yi family courtyard to raise it.

On the other side, Lu Yuan also returned from Jiangnan.

Overall, this transaction went smoothly.

"County magistrate, the one thousand kilograms of refined salt transported this time was sold for 710 guans, and the thirty bottles of perfume were sold for 130 guans, a total of 840 guans, of which [-] guans were spent on tolls. This is the account book. "Lu Yuan took out the account book and handed it to Chen Mo.

Chen Mo looked at the ledger and saw that the price still met his expectations.

But what about the tolls?

"Didn't you say last time that in the name of the Shenghuang Chamber of Commerce, tolls could be waived?" Chen Mo frowned.

"County Magistrate, you don't know something. King Huai's Qin King's army has already started a war with Xu Guozhong's army, so the water bandits have begun to refuse to buy into the Shenghuang Chamber of Commerce." Lu Yuandao.

After all, when there was no war before, the water bandits were afraid of King Huai's military power. Now that King Qin's army was fighting with the imperial army, the water bandits saw that King Huai came empty-handed, so they naturally had other ideas.

Of course, these water bandits did not break up, otherwise they would not just collect tolls.

"The fight has already started. It's so fast, but the business is a bit difficult."

Chen Mo raised his eyebrows. Since the war has started in the south, the Tianshi Army will definitely not stand still. The war is about to begin.

"In this way, you can rest for two days and bring five thousand kilograms of refined salt with you next time. I have made three hundred bottles of perfume in the past few days, so I will bring them all with you."

While these water bandits still have a bottom line, sell the inventory in the warehouse as soon as possible. When the situation worsens later, it will be difficult to sell.

Lu Yuan nodded, then smiled and said: "My subordinate missed the county magistrate's wedding this time, but the gift cannot be missed. This is an agate bracelet that my subordinate bought in Yangzhou. This bracelet is very popular in Jiangnan. County Magistrate You can give it to Madam as a congratulatory gift from me."

"It's costing you money." Chen Mo accepted it without being pretentious.

Chen Mo sent Lu Yuan to sell goods, but there was a commission, and his monthly salary was as high as ten guan.

(End of this chapter)